Incident #1000654
Olancha, Inyo Cty, California
1986
Account
50-year-old manager of a rock crushing plant told Henry Spearman at Lone Pine in 1988 that he and his 82-year-old mother had seen sasquatches a number of times near Olancha Peak, and that two years ago a nine-foot one had yelled and waved its arms at them. He also said he had seen them previously while fishing in Olancha Creek, and described sounds and tracks. This one entry covers all. Altitude is a guess.
When
- Year
- 1986
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Inyo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Olancha
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 7
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 80
- Latitude
- 3616--
- Longitude
- 11806--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- steep, valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
Source
- Source
- Henry D. Spearman, 851 Malcolm Ave. Los Angeles 90
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- AUG 1988
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1988
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- gestured, made a noise
- Arms Used
- for beckoning
- Sound
- shout
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Waved its arms at observers and yelled.
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Henry D. Spearman
- Interview date
- 1988
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 41 to 50